INDIA, Dec. 2 -- Nagaland now has the second-highest adult HIV prevalence in India at 1.37 per cent, well above the national average of 0.21 per cent, according to the India HIV Estimates 2023.

Anoop Khinchi, Commissioner and Secretary of Health & Family Welfare and Chairman of the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS), highlighted the figures while inaugurating the NSACS stall at Kisama on Monday as part of World AIDS Day 2025 observances.

Khinchi said the state is intensifying efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 Target 3.3 and meet the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets.

As of October, Nagaland reached 88 per cent for the first 95 (diagnosis), 79 per cent for the second 95 (treatment), and 98 per cent for the third 95 (viral...